Dr. Aurelio Secinaro

Dr. Aurelio Secinaro is a radiologist specializing in cardiovascular and thoracic imaging, with particular expertise in cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac CT in pediatric patients and individuals with congenital heart disease.

His clinical and research activities focus on advanced imaging of cardiac and vascular malformations, myocardial tissue characterization using T1 mapping, and the assessment of blood flow and perfusion. He is also involved in 3D modeling and printing for surgical planning, as well as accelerated imaging techniques, including applications of Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Secinaro graduated with honors in Medicine and Surgery from the University of Turin, where he also completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology. He further enhanced his training through a Clinical Fellowship in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children and University College London, and by obtaining a second-level Master's degree in Pediatric Cardiology from Sapienza University of Rome. He also earned Level 3 Certification in Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance for Congenital Heart Disease from the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (European Society of Cardiology), as well as two Master's degrees in Healthcare Management from LUISS Business School and the University of Rome Tor Vergata.

Since 2010, he has been working at Bambino Gesù Children’s Hospital IRCCS in Rome, where he served as lead for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance and Head of the Cardiovascular Imaging Unit, later expanded into the Cardiothoracic Imaging Unit. He is currently Director of the Complex Operational Unit of Advanced Cardiothoracovascular and Fetal Imaging, Coordinator of the Clinical Imaging Area, and Head of the Multimodal Imaging Research Unit.

He is an Adjunct Professor at Humanitas University. Dr. Secinaro has extensive experience as a lead radiologist in numerous pediatric clinical trials and serves as Principal Investigator of the study evaluating the safety and pharmacokinetics of Regadenoson® in pediatric patients. He has also participated in several European research projects, including CARDIOPROOF, MD-PAEDIGREE, and MyHealth-MyData.

Dr. Secinaro is the author of more than 150 publications in international peer-reviewed journals and has contributed to consensus documents issued by national and international scientific societies, including the Society for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (SCMR), the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging (EACVI), as well as the Italian Society of Cardiology and the Italian Society of Medical and Interventional Radiology (SIC-SIRM).